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Jammu man held for bid to assassinate Farooq Abdullah told cops he had wanted to kill him for 20 yrs

88-year-old former J&K CM, who gets Z+ protection, escaped unhurt after his security personnel deflected firearm. Arrested Kamal Singh Jamwal is a businessman.

Khamenei’s assassination—what did US achieve by ripping up international law

Even if Narendra Modi is too petrified to take a stand, the Congress and Sonia Gandhi have rightly criticised this outright violation of international norms.

Shinzo Abe’s killer gets life term: Defence sought leniency on grounds of ‘religious abuse’

Abe was fatally shot by Tetsuya Yamagami while delivering speech at rally in Nara, a prefecture in south of Kyoto. Yamagami has been awarded life term after 3-year trial.

Charlie Kirk’s killing has America at war with itself. Foreigners & visa-seekers ‘warned’

Conservative activist Charlie Kirk, gunned down this week, was no ordinary influencer. He helped bring the Trump administration to power. His death has deepened America’s Left-Right divide.

Trump shares 80,000 pages of material on former US president John F. Kennedy’s assassination in 1963

Kennedy's murder was blamed on lone gunman Lee Harvey Oswald, but many Americans believe it was a conspiracy despite federal agencies reaffirming the official conclusion.

Asif Merchant, Pakistani arrested for assassination plot in US, part of new Iranian covert campaign

Merchant began travelling to Iran in 2017, married a woman in Tehran last year, then shuttled between the city and Karachi several times. He went to US in Nov 2023, and again in April.

Pakistan national arrested by FBI in US for foiled plot to assassinate Trump

Asif Raza Merchant said he wanted to target individuals in US ‘hurting Pakistan and the world, [the] Muslim world’, according to court documents, adding ‘these are not just normal people’.

Donald Trump shot in the ear during campaign, FBI to probe rally

Shooter dead, 1 rally attendee killed, 2 others injured. Law enforcement officials told reporters they had tentatively identified suspected shooter but were not ready to do so publicly.

Slovak PM Robert Fico shot at multiple times & injured in abdomen, police detain suspected attacker

Fico is being evacuated from the town of Handlova to Banská Bystrica due to the need for emergency intervention, according to local reports. 

Targeted assassinations now have a buffet of tech options—flying Ginsu, drones, AI guns

Kataib Hezbollah leader Abu Baqir al-Saadi was assassinated using a ‘flying Ginsu’ this month. It’s among the increasingly sophisticated weapon systems being used in targeted killings.

On Camera

India’s close encounters with Pakistan on Siachen

Pakistan's SSG team was not adequately provisioned for the inclement weather. If it managed to consolidate its position, the story of Siachen would have been different. 

Recovery of energy flows will be ‘gradual rather than immediate’ as Hormuz re-opens post ceasefire

The reopening of the Strait of Hormuz eases supply fears, but controlled shipping, slow output recovery, and high costs may delay oil flow normalisation for months.

Why Siliguri Corridor is strategically important for India & how it is being secured | Cut The Clutter

This special edition of Cut The Clutter, straight from the Siliguri corridor, details the strategic importance of the narrow strip of land in West Bengal, and how it’s a vital link connecting the Northeast to the rest of India.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.